My only request on our trip to Germany was to visit Neuschwanstein Castle. I’ve seen pictures of it for years and knew that I absolutely wanted to go. My dreams came true, and it was the highlight of my trip. The location, the architecture, and the castle interior were amazing. I’ve been to Versailles, and…
On our way home from our last trip to Blacksburg, we took a slight detour to visit Kings Mountain National Military Park and Cowpens National Battlefield. The battlefields are only a few miles apart on Interstate 85, and it’s worth the time to visit both. They’re also rather small, so you may find separate trips…
I’m on a quest to visit as many National Park Service properties as possible. Since we live in Augusta, Mac and I have been knocking out sites in both Georgia and South Carolina. We stopped by Kings Mountain National Military Park and Cowpens National Battlefield in South Carolina while driving back from our latest trip…
We decided to make the most of Mac’s long weekend and drove up to Ninety Six National Historic Site in South Carolina. Ninety Six was the site of the first Revolutionary War battle in the South (in 1775). It was also the setting for the longest (and ultimately unsuccessful) siege in the American Revolution. Address…
In our effort to get out more and explore where we live, Mac and I drove a few hours to check out a handful of North Georgia wineries over the weekend. While wine tasting wasn’t on our “official” Georgia bucket list, we both really love wine tasting and wanted to make the most of Virginia…
Congaree National Park sits just outside of Columbia, South Carolina, so we decided to stop on our way back home from Blacksburg. Congaree National Park features over 20,000 acres of old-growth, bottomland hardwood forest. It was created to protect the forest from logging and to preserve an area of what America once looked like. If…